Israeli officers cancel UK trip for fear of arrest

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By MARK LAVIE, Associated Press Writer – Tue Jan 5, 12:29 pm ET

JERUSALEM – An Israeli military delegation has canceled an official visit to Britain, officials said Tuesday, the latest in a string of politicians and army officials to put off travel to the U.K. because of fears of war crimes prosecution.

Israel complained that the practice, spearheaded by pro-Palestinian activists, is harming relations, and Britain's visiting attorney general said an urgent solution must be found.

The Israelis called off their trip because their British army hosts could not guarantee they would not be arrested, the Israeli officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. Neither the Israeli military nor the British government would comment.

The incident underlined the effectiveness of a pro-Palestinian legal campaign to harass Israeli officials in the wake of war crimes allegations after Israel's devastating invasion of Gaza a year ago to stop rocket attacks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_britain

[T Wolf]

1. Good! Institutional bigotry and discrimination as practiced by the Israelis should be

sanctioned. Do they think they have a free pass to abuse and kill civilians and the rest of the world will just say, "No big deal" and let them get away with it? I know the US takes that stance, but the civilized world knows better.

War crimes must be punished. Maybe the Brits have learned from Obama giving the Bushies a get-out-of-jail-free card.